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Game #2880

Aston Villa

11-4-14, 26 PTS

Saturday, 19 February 1966

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Won

13th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

6-4-18, 16 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 15,117

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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Blackburn Rovers

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Assist(s) | Tony Hateley | 2' | Tony Scott | 33' |

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 February 1966

⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Alan Deakin, Assist by Tony Hateley
⚽ | 33' Goal, 2-0, Tony Hateley, Assist by Tony Scott
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
🥅 | 50' Goal, 2-1, (Blackburn Rovers), John Byrom
⚽ | 72' Goal, 3-1, Johnny MacLeod
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 February 1966
  • Villa win for the first time in six. The victory comes against relegation threatened Blackburn to give Villa some breathing space of their own.

  • Dick Taylor's Villa win for the first time in six to make it eleven wins, three draws and fifteen defeats in twenty nine League matches.

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #88 |
Saturday, 19 February 1966

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🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Jim Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1959-1967
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

🕒 88 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 13 🟥 39 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1959-1967

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Willie Hamilton replaces Bobby Park.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.31 |

Oldest Player |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 33.18 |

Youngest Player |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.42 |

Referee

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MANAGER

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jack Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Fred Else | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike England | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Walter Joyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy McEvoy | 🇮🇪 |
W Mike Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Byrom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB George Sharples | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 19 Feb 1966, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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